A Chinese media, Caixin, reported that, based on an earlier sampling in Wuhan, 500,000 people are likely to have been infected with the coronavirus. Sina, an Internet portal in Chinese, republished the article. Both articles were soon removed.
According to the screenshot that people took, Caixin’s article stated that in April, Wuhan did a blood serum epidemiology sampling of 11,000 people and found 5 to 6 percent of the people tested positive. This ratio could be roughly taken as the ratio of people who have been infected. Therefore, given the 11 million population in Wuhan, at least half a million would have been infected.
Caixin is a Beijing-based media group providing financial and business news and information. It was founded in 2010 by Hu Shuli (胡舒立), who was known for her outspoken style.
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Excerpt in Chinese:
武汉在全市范围内开展了全员新冠病毒核酸筛查。财新网报道指出，初步评估武汉核酸检测结果显示，1000万人中，至少有50万人已经感染。新浪网在上周五（5月15日）转载了这篇文章，不过相关文章被迅速删除，虽然在谷歌搜索引擎还显示新浪、财经文章的标题”初步评估武汉核酸检测：1000万人中，至少有50万人感染”，不过点击之后跳出的网页均出现”文章不存在”的字样。
根据网民们的截图和内容转载，财新网的这篇报道指出，武汉在4月份进行了1.1万人的血清流行病学抽样调查，其中抗体阳性占比5%到6%，这个比例可以大约看作是曾经感染的比率。此比例高于预期。文章表示，这个结果终于公布了，这是中国第一个大规模的抗体检测。文章还指出，如此推算，武汉1100万人口中，至少有50万人曾被感染。而目前武汉累计确诊感染人数为5万多人，也就是说，大约90%的感染者没有被发现。
Source: Deutsche Welle, May 18, 2020
https://www.dw.com/zh/武汉50万人曾感染新闻迅速被消失/a-53478601